Hi,If any person having a internet connection at home and if he access/see xxx porn sites and also download some porn clips then Is it a crime as per indian cyber law/indian Information Technology Act 2000?pls answer my question.Sachin from India

Section 67 reads as follows: "67. Publishing of information which is obscene in electronic form. - Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeal to the prurient interest or if its effect is such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it, shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years and also with fine which may extend to two lakh rupees."

Ofcourse, just viewing of porn is not an offence… but in case you save Poirn on your PC and write CDs and pass it on… it will attract above mentioned provisions. In any case, as a precautionary matter its better to clear of history and Internet temporary files.

As one of the lawyers at IT has clearly defined it to be a crime even transporting porn stuff on ur personal computer/ur mobile/else a laptop.....I could add one thing more who knows sumtimes ur database is being shared by trojan and else one of ur techie friend sends it to ur female friends from ur pc,who knows a stalker could live next door......Ma ma mia savn stuff is an intention of propogatn crime....no one chks ur pc....but who knws ur IP address could be targeted as things happened with Ahemdabad blasts where an e-mail was sent from an Americans pc....though his accnt had been hacked a few days back which he reported to the cops....immeiately he lives in gunina apartments andheri Mumbai.......so b careful ........what u store on ur pc...laws are rigid Draconian Noy! nvr play with them....SayonaraCybercop

Dear Ankur,The buyer of the porn material are not made accused until there is some material to show that the porn material is being purchased for circulation/sale to the public. For example; if you go to Palika and purchase one or two porn CDs, and even if you are caught, you will not be held liable for any offence but if you purchase it in bulk quantities, it may be inferred that the same is purchased for circulation or sale to the public. Further, in Bazee Case, the persons who had purchased the pron clips were cited as witness and not as accused.Neeraj AaroraAdvocate